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No. 84,906. Patented Decfl5, 1 868.

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SELDEN N. 'RISLEY, OF.BROOKLYN,'NEW'YORK. -Lctte'rs Patent No. 84,906, dated December '15, 1868.

CIGAR-CASE.

like Schedule to in these Letters Patent and 'making part of.the same.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, SELDEN N. RIsLEY, of Brooklyn, iuthe county of Kings, and State of New York, have-invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Gases; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying draw ing, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon 4 The necessity for protecting cigars, when being carried about the person, has led to the manufacture of a variety of cases, that are usually more costlythan The object of my invention is to provide an efiieient pocket-case, for the convenientand safe carriage of cigals, that will be neat in appearance,- and may be made with appropriate inscriptions, and so cheaply that itwill serve as an inexpensive advertising-medium, which may be furnished by dealers for but a small charge, or with no charge atall, to the retail purchasers of a few cigars, instead of the ordinary paper bags or wrappers.

- Toaccomplish this object, the said invention con sists of one or more tubes, that. are made of paper, suitably struck up, or embossed, or moulded inseparate halves, which are subsequently glued together to form separate compartments, of about the size and form of ordinary cigars, the points of junction forming ribs-that stificn the article longitudinallyand at the bottoni, the top being stiifened, and the article conipleted by gluing an additional strip there to strengthen the openings of the tubes.

' The blanks maybe printed,before they are embossed, with any inscription that maybe desired by the dealer, to serve as an advertisement or'business-card.

To enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use my invention, 1 will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawing.

Figure 1 represents the completed article, and Figure .2, the paper as it is struck up by the dies.

The blanks are first moulded, of good manillaor' other paper, of similar quality, between male and female dies, by which they are shaped to the form shown in fig. 2. Glue or paste is then applied around the edges in a, and on the dividing ridges or partitions b,

and the halves are then folded together between moulds,

and the compartments definitely shaped by theinsertion of a cylindrical mandrel into each of the openings,

the'points of the mandrels being of a spindle-form to shape the bottom of each tube-or receptacle like the point of a cigar.

The article is completed by fastening an additionalring,.c, around the open endof .the case, to restrain the tendency. to spread at that point, and the consequent collapse of the openings, by which it is most likely to get out of shape.

This ring may be struck or stamped out of very.

thin sheet-metal, to furnish a superior or more-fancy finish.

The circular sections and longitudinal ribs, and the retaining-ring at the open end, give the article thus made a degree ofstrength and stifiness 'amplysuflicient for the purpose intended, although made merely of ordinary wrapping-paper.

I claim, as a new article of manufacture- A cigar-case, made of paper tubes, withlongitudinal ribs and a retaining-ring, substantially as described.

' S.- N; RISLEY; Witnesses:

TrroMAs DAY, 1

WM. KEMBLE HALL. 

